A History Lover's Guide to Dallas
By Georgette Driscoll, Foreword by Mark Doty
Don't let the drawl fool you—Dallas boasts a dynamic history full of explosive growth. The cityscape itself seems eager to measure up to the outsized personalities that forged the town's identity. A sixty-seven-and-a-half-foot-tall giraffe statue greets visitors to the Dallas Zoo, while guests exiting the Joule Hotel encounter the gaze of a thirty-foot eyeball. A colossal Pegasus glows above it all from its perch on top of the Magnolia Petroleum building. Subtler storylines also thread their way through the forest of glass and steel, from the jazz of Deep Ellum alleyways to the peaceful paths of the Katy Trail. Author Georgette Driscoll looks beyond the inscriptions for the events that shaped Dallas into the city it is today.
History & Guide
Georgette Driscoll was born and raised in the historic town of Santa Fe, New Mexico. She grew up with a fascination with Dallas and moved to the Big D for her career with a Fortune 500 company. Her first book, Are We There Yet? Dallas, was published in November 2015 by Little Green Apples. Georgette is an avid traveler and shares her adventures and passion for history with her husband, John, and her two extraordinary boys, Jack and Walt.